Ground: | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Scorecard: | India Under-19s v Pakistan Under-19s |
Player: | Anwar Ali |
Event: | ICC Under-19 World Cup 2005/06 |
DateLine: 20th February 2006
Fast bowler Anwar Ali grabbed three wickets in his opening over as Pakistan retained the under-19 cricket World Cup with a sensational 38-run win over India in the final here on Sunday.
 
The talented paceman finished with 5-35 off nine incisive overs as Pakistan defended their small total of 109 by bundling India out for a meagre 71 in the day-night match. 
Pakistan, who won the Cup in Bangladesh two years ago, became the first team to defend the title. 
None of the top-order Indian batsmen could read Ali, who swung the ball in at a lively pace to trap in-form opener Cheteshwar Pujara leg-before and then rattled the stumps of Rohit Sharma and Mayank Tehlan in his first over. 
Ali was brilliantly supported by left-arm seamer Jamshed Ahmed, who bagged two wickets in his first two overs to reduce India to 9-6 in just 3.2 overs. 
India could never recover from the horror start despite a fighting 39-run stand for the eighth wicket between Piyush Chawla (25 not out) and Pinal Shah (16), the only two batsmen to reach double-figures in a dismal performance. 
Fast bowler Akhtar Ayub claimed the last three Indian wickets to spark celebrations in the Pakistani camp. 
India, unbeaten and untested in the tournament before this match, were let down by batsmen after their spinners Piyush Chawla and Ravi Jadeja had done a commendable job to restrict Pakistan. 
Leg-spinner Chawla finished with 4-8 off 8.1 overs, including two wickets in his opening over, and left-arm spinner Jadeja took three wickets for 16 runs. 
Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals against the Indian spin duo. Middle-order batsman Rameez Raja was the top-scorer with 25 off 67 balls. 
Nasir Jamshed (18), Ali Khan (10), Sarfraz Ahmed (15) and Anwar Ali (17) were the other batsmen to reach double-figures.(Article: Copyright © 2006 AFP)
LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Asian Cricket Council Premier Cup 2024
- Canada in United States of America 2024
- Central America Cricket Championship 2024
- Estonia Women in Gibraltar 2024
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League Two 2023/24 to 2027
- ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024
- Ireland Women and Thailand Women in United Arab Emirates 2024
- Jersey in Spain 2024
- Mongolia Women in Indonesia 2024
- New Zealand in Pakistan 2023/24
- Sri Lanka Women in South Africa 2023/24
- United Arab Emirates Women's One-Day Tri-Series 2024
- United Arab Emirates Women's Twenty20 Quadrangular Series 2024
- West Indies Women in Pakistan 2023/24
- Zimbabwe in Bangladesh 2024
View all Current Events CLICK HERE